average wage of a sparks in the current climate

[mattmoo1974]

Have you got a stacker truck licence...... Why, how big is the tea pot?

I shop in the polish lane at asda and im good on a broom
The tea pot is as big as there wallet

 

[LukeD]

cheapest tends to work out the most expensive in life.

All these answers dont mean much. If i lived in north wales and earned £140 a day i would be happy. But here in deepest London it would not cover a thing!!

I jst wonder what would happen if everyone removed themselves from agencies etc . The prices they pay are a joke and they are ruing the business .

Most of my work is not "notified" (not necessary) so that keeps it a lot simpler !

I have a set daily rate , A call out charge that is £60 for the first hour 7am-7pm £100 7pm-7am. I NEVER stretch a Job. But i also never accept people getting upset if its just a thrown fuse and 2 mins work .

The only way to save the industry i feel is to stop ANY prices getting lower. There is no respect for us anymore .

 

[LukeD]

its fine, you dont need to if you dont want to.

just trying to get a picture of whats available out there.

i know a couple of sparks who sub for a local electrician. he offered them £800 CASH to rewire like for like a 3 bed room house. they did it in 4 days. so it left them with £400 each!! out of that they had to pay about £60.00 to get there and another £100 on food to keep themselves going.

then theres another sparks i know who reckons he wont get out of bed for less than £250 a day!!

whats going on out there??

Hope those 2 guys give up !! All they are doing is making things worse. People who want to pay that sort of money are greedy .

 

[DurhamSparky]

i earn as a Commercial/Industrial FM Sparky / Mech / Coffee Machine Fixer (emphasis on Coffee Machine Fixer)

£31k (before overtime and Extra for Bank Holidays etc..) work 2 days 2 nights 4 off

 

[tonys]

The only way to save the industry i feel is to stop ANY prices getting lower. There is no respect for us anymore .

There ain't enough work for everyone, to many people and its a problem getting worse.

Companies encourage agencies, so I have two choices, either run adverts and try and get on the back of the one band man game or work for agencies, so at the moment I working for an agency for £14.50 an hour.

There ain't many agency jobs paying a lot more. The only way to make a stand is for everyone to put their tools down for a week and then just maybe then the people running the show and that's the Government might listen. But until then its a race to the bottom, because when people get desperate, they cut the cloth to fit to survive.

 

[millwall ken]

There ain't enough work for everyone, to many people and its a problem getting worse.

Companies encourage agencies, so I have two choices, either run adverts and try and get on the back of the one band man game or work for agencies, so at the moment I working for an agency for £14.50 an hour.

There ain't many agency jobs paying a lot more. The only way to make a stand is for everyone to put their tools down for a week and then just maybe then the people running the show and that's the Government might listen. But until then its a race to the bottom, because when people get desperate, they cut the cloth to fit to survive.

Oh come on Tony... You're far to strude a bloke; to believe that if people like you downed tools, then over people would do as well... No, they'd be straight on the dog to your employer looking to take over your work mate... Unfortunately, its dog eat dog know adays and to hell with the principles of the matter. This is why we're in a no win situation mate. Everyone is just out for themselves fella.

 

[mogga]

what ken says is well true there are probably a few forum members wanting to know who to phone for a start when you down tools

 

[LukeD]

Then i wish you all luck. This time next year you might be offered £11.00 a hour if your lucky

now lets work out what you will get

deduct your tax and contributions
deduct your tools and running costs of calibrations and exams etc
deduct vehicle and costs

Most of the house keepers i know in london are on £15.00 a hour and they pay nothing other than travel . You did all that training to earn peanuts ?

 

[Dazza1976]

It does seem there are many sparks out there, not getting paid what they are worth, after 3 years at college aswell as time on site learning hands on, i think the minimum we should be worth is £200 per day, afterall the work we do is very specialist and if not done correctly can potentially cause a fire or even death.
My mate passed his black cab knowledge on Monday, on his first day out on Wednesday after working 10 1/2 hours he came home with £320 in his pocket, Thursday he made £200 and friday he came back with £340 !! Its no wonder he is walking round with a permanent smile on his face, I almost feel like going and learning the knowledge myself !

 

[Paul.M]

Dazza don't even think about doing taxi-ing. Been there, done that and its worse than the electrics industry trust me. A lot of similaritys eg to many people doing it, prices staying the same but costs going up, no respect from customers for the job your doing. It's not as easy as you think.10 1/2 hours shift, that's part time mate and you would only just about cover your daily overheads with may be £30 to show for yourself. My running costs in Leeds were £450-£500 per week before I made a penny for myself. It would take me 4 days to do that amount and the rest of the week is all mine, just hope for a good weekend and then it starts all over again from Monday.

Back onto the op, I charge £20 ph + materials (20%) or what ever I can get from an employer atm, average wage up here is £10-£12 ph.